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    Five Years of a Shared Fantasy World in Elementary School Made a World of Difference

    October 22, 2019

    Read a young man’s thank you letter to the teachers who didn’t interfere with the fantasy world he and his…

    Rule of Thumb: A Child’s Age Should Equal the Number of Hours They Train Each Week in a Single Sport

    October 18, 2019

    What happens when kids train too hard in one sport? Nothing good — says no less than the National Athletic…

    Elderly in Hospitals Are Not Allowed to Walk, Lest They Fall. But This Inactivity Makes Them Weak. Does This Mirror the Way We are Raising Kids?

    October 16, 2019

    Quick answer: Yep. Read about what’s happening to the elderly AND kids over at Let Grow (click here). And please…

    Now Cars Must Crawl Along, Following Track Team as They Run Through Suburbia

    October 13, 2019

    The aftermath of one freshman getting lost for 20 minutes on a practice run is pretty infantilizing. Here’s the story,…

    Enjoy an Incredibly Spot-On, Anti-Helicopter-Cyborging “Star Trek: Voyager” Clip

    October 11, 2019

    Click here to go to the fun, pro-Free-Range, 2-minute Star Trek:Voyager clip at Let Grow. Enjoy!

    Our Current Work to Pass More “Free-Range Parenting” Bills

    October 10, 2019

    We’ve got an update over at Let Grow on the states where “Free-Range Parenting” bills were presented in 2019, and…

    Storytelling Tips from a Master

    October 7, 2019

    Click here to read a Q&A on Let Grow with Antonio Sacre, master storyteller.

    Can We Trust High School Students to Think for Themselves?

    October 4, 2019

    High school students aren’t babies. We believe they can think for themselves, even when confused, confounded or conflicted. Proof? Let…

    Very Few Kids Get Lost at the Fair Anymore…And Maybe That’s Not So Good

    October 3, 2019

    At the Canadian National Exposition, about 400 kids a day used to get lost in the ’60s. On one remarkable…

    Four Ways Free Play Makes Kids Better at Handling their Emotions and Relating to Others

    October 1, 2019

    Check them out, over at Let Grow! Click here!

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